Donating Your Body to Science

Signing up as a donor through the Donate Life Northwest Registry does not register individuals for "whole body donation," or donating your body to science for the purpose of research and medical education.

Each year, thousands of people donate their bodies for use at medical schools for training and research. Researchers have an ongoing need for this type of donation to help in their work to find cures and therapies for many diseases. If an individual wishes to make a gift of their whole body for such purposes, they must make arrangements with a specific medical school or research program. In Oregon, there are two not-for-profit education and/or research-oriented body donation programs. One of the following organizations should be able to provide you with more information:

OHSU Body Donation Program, 503-494-8302 It may be possible to be both an organ, eye, and tissue donor, as well as a whole body donor through the OHSU Body Donation Program.